In today's mining world is 200$ good for 30MH or its a stupid investment like a friend said.
In theory expensive,however if you get a good card which consumes very little electricity I would not say that it is expensive anymore because you win over the long run.For example if you can find the Rx 6600 at 50 watt in that hash rate I consider it a good investment but if you find Rx 580 at 130 watt then it is not a good investment over time.It all depends on your electricity price,the cards which run with very low power consumption are not a headache,ten cards at 50 watt each is 500 watt while ten cards at 130 watt each is 1300 watt in total and that is a big difference.
I agree with you
A lot depends on what card he gets for $200 is very true.
An rtx 3050 at $200 is a very good deal. low power nice card 2 or 3 year warranty and it lists for a bit over 300
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/evga-rtx-3050-xc-gaming-8gb-pci-express-4-0-graphics-card-lhr/6496174.p?skuId=6496174I would buy ten of these if they were new and 200 each.
And it seems to me that this video card will never pay off after the end of ethereum mining. even a GeForce GTX 1660 Super would be a better buy.